Associate professor of geography joined in conversation for a podcast called . The podcast series is from , hosted by the .
Meyer was on the show to talk about his book, , published in March by MIT Press. The podcast episode is called 鈥淭he Environmental Advantages of Cities 鈥 Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism鈥.
Listen to the conversation here:
Some highlights of the 17-minute conversation:
- Urbanization reduces population growth.
- Life expectancy is higher in cities.
- The exceptions are third world cities, which are the worst living places in the whole world.
- Cities are much more efficient in the consumption of resources.
- Map total energy use and you鈥檒l see a big peak in the urban core.
- Map energy use per capita, and you鈥檒l you see a big crater in the urban core.
Your turn 鈥 what do you think of the argument?